Textile Item Number: 1067/7 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The woven textile has a light and dark brown geometric motif twisting together in a step pattern. The motif begins along the finished edge of the textile as a border and then moves diagonally in the step pattern. To one side of the diagonal pattern the textile is brown without design. To the other side of the diagonal the textile is red with a brown zigzag and dot design.
Narrative
Rosita Tovell's father was a collector of Peruvian pre-Columbian ceramics. Rosita moved to Peru in the early 1960s, while her husband served as ambassador to Peru and Bolivia. During this time Rosita began to study and collect pre-Columbian Peruvian ceramics and textiles.
Item History
- Made in Peru
- Owned by Rosita LeSueur Tovell before November 28, 1985
- Received from Rosita LeSueur Tovell (Donor) on November 28, 1985
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- 1067/7
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- wool fibre, dye and cotton fibre
- Overall
- height 36.7 cm, width 23.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Chancay
- Previous Owner
- Rosita LeSueur Tovell
- Received from
- Rosita LeSueur Tovell (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Ownership Date
- before November 28, 1985
- Acquisition Date
- on November 28, 1985
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 89
- Accession Number
- 1067/0007